title: Diffuse splenic infarction in a case of severe acute pancreatitis.
abstract: Splenic infarction is rare in inflammatory diseases of the pancreas, although the spleen and its vessels have an intimate relation with the pancreas. Most reported cases are of focal infarction, and treatment is mostly conservative. The authors report a case of diffuse splenic infarction in a 17-year-old boy with severe acute pancreatitis who presented with massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding and was treated with splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India. drsukantaray@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Sukanta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Asit Ranjan
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Mridha
authors.forename: Mahiuddin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahammed
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D007582:Jejunostomy; D008297:Male; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology; D009336:Necrosis; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013156:Splenectomy; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers